Albano Stefani
Building at InterActive Financial Marketing Group

Albano Stefani

> Software Engineer

I build fast, reliable B2B and B2C systems — real-time ping/post engines, lead-gen platforms, APIs and the SQL that keeps them honest.

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📍 Richmond, VA, USA LinkedIn ↗ contact@albano.dev
Albano.cs
public record Engineer
{
  string Name     = "Albano Stefani";
  int    Years    = 20;
  string[] Stack   =
    ["C#", ".NET 10", "T-SQL",
     "TypeScript", "Azure"];
  string Based    = "Richmond, VA";
  bool   Curious  = true;

  // ships fast, queries faster
  public Task BuildAsync(Idea idea)
    => idea.ToProduction();
}
20+Years shipping software
2000–2022SQL Server, every version
9+Third-party API integrations
B2B · B2CCustomer acquisition systems

01 — About

Database to pixel.
All of it.

20+ years as a Senior .NET/SQL Developer and Software Engineer specializing in B2B and B2C systems and applications — from the database schema to the pixel.

I design and build web applications with C#, .NET Core, Web APIs, ASP.NET (MVC & WebForms), JavaScript, TypeScript and Angular, plus real-time communication with SignalR and Firebase push messaging.

Deep SQL Server background (2000–2022): performance tuning, stored procedures, query optimization and database design, with hands-on MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

I know customer acquisition end to end — marketing funnels, conversion optimization, landing page testing, data validation, data mining, regression analysis, predictive modeling and reporting.

02 — What I do

Systems that make money move.

Ping/Post Engines

Real-time partner data exchange with complex bidding and routing algorithms.

SQL Performance

Query tuning, indexing and schema design that make slow systems fast.

API Integrations

Payments, messaging, e-signature and accounting wired into production systems.

Lead Generation

Funnels, validation and analytics that turn traffic into revenue.

Cloud & Hosting

Azure, IIS and Linux deployments — set up, secured and kept running.

Full Stack UI

Responsive, accessible front ends that are a pleasure to use.

Twilio SendGrid Google APIs Stripe PayPal PayTrace QuickBooks RightSignature Firebase Twilio SendGrid Google APIs Stripe PayPal PayTrace QuickBooks RightSignature Firebase

03 — Projects

Things I've shipped.

Consumer car marketplace · Web · Data API

OverstockedCars

Car shopping for consumers: search millions of new and used vehicles near any ZIP, see real prices against the local market, and request a quote or financing.

Visit overstockedcars.com ↗
  • Search across 5M+ listings rebuilt nightly into a local cache. Radius-by-ZIP, filters and cascading make/model/trim run through tuned SQL Server stored procedures with spatial types.
  • Market-value, trade-in and market-pulse tools built on nightly sold-vehicle rollups, plus an API-keyed JSON data API with Swagger.
  • One codebase serves multiple brands by hostname, with hot-reloaded branding and scope.
  • SEO/AEO built in: sitemap index, Vehicle/Offer JSON-LD, llms.txt, clean make URLs. Lead forms protected by geo checks, honeypot, time-to-fill and rate limiting.
.NET 8 Razor Pages SQL Server ADO.NET Bootstrap 5 Vanilla JS Swagger IIS

Personal product · Android · Web PWA · API

CountryTime

Tracks which country you're in every day — Schengen 90/180 countdown and tax-residency day counts for digital nomads and frequent travelers.

Visit countrytime.app ↗
  • One pure C# domain library shared by the Android app, the web app and the server — one implementation, one test suite.
  • Offline location checks against bundled country borders; background checks via WorkManager with IP fallback.
  • Offline-first push/pull sync with idempotent client-generated IDs.
  • Rotating refresh tokens with reuse detection; hardened Linux deploy behind Apache + systemd.
.NET 10 MAUI Blazor Hybrid Blazor WASM Minimal API MySQL SQLite Linux

Web PWA · Mobile API

Auto-Finance CRM & Call-Center Workspace

A CRM for a lead-generation company's sales and call-center teams: lead queues, calling, texting, email and reporting.

  • In-browser softphone with SMS and email built in.
  • Real-time updates over SignalR and token-based authentication.
  • REST API with push notifications for a mobile client.
.NET 8 Razor Pages SignalR Twilio SQL Server Firebase

Data platform · AI tooling

Natural-Language Analytics over MCP

A read-only analytics layer that AI assistants query in plain English through an MCP server.

  • Reporting models kept fresh from operational data, with documentation stored alongside them.
  • Access controls enforced on the server, not in the client.
MCP .NET 8 Python SQL Server LLM

SMS agent

Conversational AI Sales Assistant

An SMS assistant that holds natural conversations with customers and books appointments.

  • Conversation flow defined as a testable spec.
  • Compliance built in: opt-out handling and quiet hours.
.NET 8 Claude API Prompt engineering

API

Vehicle Configurator & Rules Engine

A build-a-vehicle engine that only allows configurations the manufacturer can actually build.

  • Parser turns free-text order-guide logic (requires / includes / excludes) into a queryable rule table.
  • Build engine validates option combinations and prices them.
C# Dapper SQL Server REST

Scheduled service · Dashboard

Advertised-Price Compliance Monitor

Daily detection of vehicles priced differently on dealer sites vs. third-party marketplaces.

  • Hangfire worker tracks how long each mismatch stays open.
  • One template renders to email, drill-down dashboard and PDF (headless Chrome).
.NET 8 Hangfire PuppeteerSharp SQL Server

Performance engineering

Production SQL Server Tuning

Server-wide tuning of a busy multi-database SQL Server 2022.

  • Wait-stats analysis to fix parallelism settings.
  • Rewrote non-sargable queries and added covering indexes — logical reads down by orders of magnitude, CPU down several-fold.
SQL Server 2022 T-SQL Query plans Indexing

04 — Experience

Where I've built.

  1. Apr 2015 — Present

    Senior Software Engineer @ InterActive Financial Marketing Group

    Automotive lead-generation and fintech marketing platform · Richmond, VA

    • Build and maintain .NET Razor Pages apps, Web APIs and real-time SignalR systems.
    • Ping/post and lead-routing engines exchanging data with partners on complex bidding algorithms.
    • CRM, BDC and dealer tools; AI assistants and analytics over MCP.
    • SQL Server design, reporting and performance tuning.
  2. Sep 2014 — Apr 2015

    Senior .NET Developer @ Abbott

    Richmond, VA

  3. Nov 2010 — Sep 2014

    .NET Developer / Systems Analyst @ Dominion Enterprises

    Richmond, VA

  4. 2001 — 2010

    Founder / President · .NET/SQL Developer @ TrueLending, Inc

    Self-employed · Seattle, WA

    • Founded and ran the company (2001–2010); .NET/SQL development from 2003.

Education

2013 — 2015 Southern New Hampshire University Associate of Science, Information Technology & Web Development
2001 — 2003 Broward College Associate's degree, Architectural Design / Construction Technology

Languages

EnglishFull professional
AlbanianNative / bilingual
GreekNative / bilingual
ItalianProfessional working
FrenchProfessional working

05 — Toolbox

The stack.

Languages

C# VB.NET T-SQL JavaScript (ES6+) TypeScript HTML5 CSS3 PowerShell PHP Classic ASP

Frameworks

.NET 10 / .NET Core .NET Framework ASP.NET MVC Razor Pages WebForms Windows Forms Web API Entity Framework SignalR Angular jQuery Bootstrap

Databases

SQL Server 2000–2022 MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB

Cloud & Infra

Azure App Services Azure SQL & Storage IIS Windows Server Linux / Apache Networking

Tools

Visual Studio VS Code SSMS Git TFS SVN Photoshop

Analytics

Google Analytics Adobe Omniture Matomo

FAQ

Quick answers.

Who is Albano Stefani?

Albano Stefani is a senior software engineer based in Richmond, VA, USA, with 20+ years building B2B and B2C systems in C#/.NET and SQL Server. Currently at InterActive Financial Marketing Group.

What technologies does Albano work with?

C#, .NET 10/.NET Core, ASP.NET (Razor Pages, MVC, Web API), SignalR, Entity Framework, T-SQL and SQL Server 2000–2022, MySQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, Bootstrap, Azure, IIS and Linux.

What kind of systems has Albano built?

Real-time ping/post engines with partner bidding and routing, lead-generation and customer-acquisition platforms, CRM and call-center tools, payment and messaging integrations (Twilio, Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks, SendGrid), AI assistants and high-performance SQL Server databases.

Where is Albano located?

Richmond, VA, USA.

How do I contact Albano?

Use the contact form on albano.dev, email contact@albano.dev, or connect on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/albanostefani.

06 — Contact

Got something to build?

Questions, ideas or just want to talk tech? I reply within a day.

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LinkedIn ↗ Richmond, VA, USA